AKS CoD – Heart Sasanami by Masumi Tada

Description

A simple twist in the Sasanami structure allows for an elegant and beautiful heart design that is embedded in the braid. It is perfect for a bracelet, necklace or for a cord to hold eyeglasses. As with any braid, changing color, textures and fibers will change the look from cool and fanciful to chic and sophisticated.

Don’t let “24-strand” frighten you. Masumi makes it easy and takes your braiding to a new level!

Sumie Kiyosawa designed the Heart Sasanami braid and presented it at workshops to the Japan Kumihimo Society in 2019 in Tokyo and Kyoto. Masumi is teaching the design with the permission of the designer.

Instructor – Masumi Tada

We first met Masumi Tada in October 2020 at the inaugural Virtual Gathering when she wowed us all with her octo plate designs and braiding Masumi has studied kumihimo braiding techniques for more than 20 years and was awarded a doctoral degree in the replication of ancient historic Japanese braids, thus contributing to Japanese national treasure restorations. Her studies have included techniques of marudai, takadai, ayatakadai, disk, plate, and Kute-uchi loop braiding, which she sees as the core technique from which many other Japanese braiding techniques evolved. And, of course, Masumi along with her mother-in-law, the acclaimed Makiko Tada is our Octo plate specialist.

Equipment/Supplies:

Braiding Materials:

• Kits will not be available for this class.
• Japanese pre-cut silk, 6 of each color folded in half. Each section will be approximately 1.4 m/4 ft 8 in.
• A bracelet will require half the length or .7 m/2 ft 4 in
• For the disk or the marudai, you may use lengths of yarn for practice or to create a prototype.  Satin cord may also be used.

Skill Level:

• Project is appropriate for braiders who have some experience braiding on a square plate, disk or marudai.

Class Availability:

• This class can be accessed until January 15, 2027.

 

If you have questions about purchasing process, please email them to education@amksoc.org.

If you have questions about the class itself, email them to heartsasanami@amksoc.org

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NOTE: This is an edited version of a previously aired Virtual Gathering class.  There may be references to forums that were a part of that original class and discussions that were difficult to edit out.  There may be some abrupt cuts where down time occurred and was edited out.  We feel that the information you will get from these classes is outstanding and we are pleased to be able to capture these classes and share them in a very affordable and on demand fashion.  Thank you for your understanding.

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Enjoy!